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W hat Is It? 


In the first place, it is something which any church anywhere, of 
whatsoever size, large or small, can successfully put on, if a little adapt- 
ability, patience and determination be used. 


In the second place it is probably one of the most effective means of 
developing a generation of Christians within the church informed and 
inspired with right Christian attitudes toward other races and nationali- 
ties, enthused with missionary zeal and understandings, which the church 
has so far discovered. 


In the third place it is an opportunity for impressing the community 
with the worthwhileness of the objectives and ministry of the church, such 
as will enlist the endorsement, support and attendance of that community 
as few things will. 


More exactly, it is a carefully planned and executed teaching enterprise 
whereby the whole church family, old and young, are brought together 
once a week over a period of from six to eight weeks, for an evening of 
fellowship, worship and study in the field of world life and missionary 
endeavor. 


W hen? 


The months of January and February have been found by most 
churches to be the ideal time for this schoo]. Indeed, some denominations 


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are setting aside these two months for this purpose, and resting the whole 
case for the missionary education of their members upon these schools, 
conducted one night per week for these two months. They feel that the 
concentrated attention, study, conversation, prayer: the concentration of 
the whole psychology of the church for these two months upon the great 
missionary responsibility and achievements of the church will do more 
toward creating a missionary-minded membership than any other mea- 
sures they can use. 


The evening on which the Midweek Service of the church has been held 
is the one usually chosen; for thus the devotional emphasis of that evening 
(still retained as a part of the Church School of Missions) will be an 
enrichment and aid to spiritual study; and the study, for its part, will aid 
and give practical significance to the devotions. 


How? 


For those who are acquainted with the Church Training Night idea, 
it will be sufficient simply to say that the Church School of Missions is 
conducted exactly the same as a Church Training Night series, except 
that instead of engaging in many different lines of study as is done on 
Church Training Nights, in a Church School of Missions everyone, all 
classes, old and young, study some phase of Missions. Graded textbook 
materials are available for all ages, written by able and fascinating 
writers. 


The details of the preparation for a Church School of missions are so 
similar to those for a Church Training Night that the following suggestions 
are almost identical with those we make in our Church Training Night 


Manual. 


In general it should be said that we recommend that the Church Train- 
ing Night series be held in the Fall and early Winter, before Christmas; 
and that the months of January and February be reserved for the annual 
Church School of Missions. Many churches then follow this latter with 
another series of Church Training Nights, after Easter. 


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1 Sociability 


No matter at what time you have the supper, or start your classes, 
there needs to be at least a brief time for sociability: gathering in, greet- 
ings, introductions, etc. Our church members need to know each other 
better; to have a warm, friendly, human interest in each other, as well as 
in those in other places or distant lands; to be really a family. Appoint 
a committee on greeting, welcoming and introducing those who come. 
Perhaps the same committee might have charge of a certain amount of 
fun and “pep” features during the supper hour; or, the latter function 
may be left to one gifted worker. 


II]. The Supper 


There is good scriptural basis for the breaking of bread together as a 
means of aiding Christian fellowship, spirituality, and service. And of 
course, if we wish to have the whole family come to this Church School of 
Missions, we must make it possible for all members of the family to come 
direct from the office, store, farm, factory, school, etc., without going home 
first for supper. 


We unhesitatingly advise the use of the supper as an important factor con- 
tributing to the success of the School. 


On the other hand the supper is not absolutely necessary. Some 
churches do not use it; or use it only once a mena: or on the opening and 
the closing nights of a series. 


When the supper is served, it should be served as nearly at cost as 
possible. No effort should be made to make a profit out of it, nor to get 
people to come to the supper who do not expect to stay to the devotional 
and study periods. 

Distribute the work of serving the suppers as widely as possible; per- 
haps having one organization, unit, society, etc., be responsible for an 
evening, and then not be called upon again for some time. 


Those who prepare and serve the meal should not have to wash the 
dishes. Hire this done, and put the cost into the price of the meal. 


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Serve promptly and permit no delay in coming to the next division of 
the program. Starting late, and delay in schedule, will wreck the best 
program ever planned. Do not wait for any distinguished visitor or 
speaker who may not yet have arrived.: Start the supper on time and let 
him arrive when he gets there! He will understand that things must move 
off on time. 


Three Types. One of three methods of providing the supper usually 
prevails: 


il. 


Picnic. In this case, each family brings its own food. Coffee, sugar and cream 
are provided at the church, a special collection being taken at some time to 
cover this expense. 


. Covered Dish. When this plan is used, each family brings one hot dish; a surprise 


element always being that no one knows what the other is to bring: which has 
interesting possibilities! Bread and butter, possibly pickles, coffee, sugar and 
cream are furnished at the church, and a ten cent collection taken to cover 
same. So that even if there should prove to be an over abundance of meat-pie, 
escalloped potatoes, etc., these other items will help out. 


. Supper Served at Church. Where this plan is used the food is generally all bought 


by the committee in charge, prepared and served at the church, sometimes 
cafeteria style, sometimes at the tables, and a nominal sum is charged to cover 
expenses. It is quite important that the supper shall not be turned into a money- 
making affair. The usual charge has been from twenty to thirty-five cents. In 
some of the larger churches, the church secretary or other employed staff member 
does all the buying. 


The essentials as to the meal are that it shall be simple yet adequate, 
and that arrangements for serving shall be such that the used dishes and, 
if necessary, the tables can be quickly removed. 


How One Church Does It: 


1. 


A general chairman of suppers is appointed. 


2. The general chairman appoints a sub-chairman to take charge of each supper. 
3. 
4. Another committee appointed by the sub-chairman arrives at 4:30 to set the 


The sub-chairman secures ten women to assist in preparing the meal. 


tables and assist in the serving of the meal. 


After the supper, persons paid for their services attend to the washing of the dishes 


and put things in order for the next week. 


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From the beginning, the dinner has been self-supporting. Everything is purchased, 
nothing solicited. The price was put at twenty-five cents at first, but was raised 
to thirty-five cents to provide a little margin. Dinner is served on the cafeteria 
plan and, serving two lines at once, they are able to care for two hundred people 
in thirty minutes. Ten are seated at a table to preserve the family idea. 


Ill. The Devotional Period 


The devotional period affords an exceptional opportunity. It is a 
generally observed fact that drawn by the program of a Church School of 
Missions many members of the community who have been more or less 
strangers to the activities of the church are now to be found in the midweek 
service. Likewise, numbers of those already members of the church who 
attend the other services but whom the midweek service heretofore has 
never touched are reached by the specialized and interesting program. 


Their presence constitutes an opportunity to minister in a very positive 
way to their spiritual life. It is not necessary that the attempt be made 
to say here just how this is to be done. This is the midweek hour of 
prayer and it should be so ordered. And the wide horizons of the whole 
world may well be brought within the scope of the prayers. 


IV. The Study Period 


At the heart of any successful Church School of Missions are the courses 
to be studied. Experience seems to demonstrate that the more seriously 
these courses are taken, the more successful these evenings will be in every 
way. Where the study phase of the work is neglected and a slipshod or 
easy way out chosen, or simply the getting of crowds and much show is 
striven for, enthusiasm eventually wanes. Such methods do not give real 
values; they miss the whole point of the great educational opportunity: 
- and even though crowds may be obtained for one series, it will be increas- 
ingly difficult to get them out for a subsequent School. 


1. What shall be studied? This will vary from year to year. But the 
following general courses may be offered: 


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Home Missions: with anumber of different classes graded to the different age-groups. 

Foreign Missions: with graded classes for all ages. 

The History of Christian Missions, both Home and Foreign. 

Studies of the life, customs and needs of different races or nations of the world. 

The Christian attitude toward war (It has been said that if one more great war 
breaks out between Christian nations, we might as well close up our Mission 
stations around the world). 

Christianity and the Racial Conflict. 

The inherently missionary nature of Christianity —with the Bible as the principal text. 

The Study Courses of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society. 

The Study Courses of the Women’s Home Missionary Society. 

The Missionary Task in the light of the changed present-day conditions. 

Men’s Forums on such subjects as World Trade and Missions; Commercial Imperi- 
alism and Missions; International Diplomacy and Missions. 

What line of definite projects can our church undertake to support at home and 
abroad, such as will enlist the interest and allegiance of all classes and age-groups? 

Culmination of study, a week of demonstration of a Parish-wide plan of Missionary 
Education (See John C. Archer’s, ““A New Approach to Missionary Educa- 
tion,’’ Methodist Book Concern.) 


Whatever courses are offered, be sure to develop a program which 
provides for all the various age-groups of the church. Do not forget the 
younger boys and girls who will attend. Many churches provide missionary 
story-telling groups for the young children. We do not urge bringing out 
the very young children for these mid-week evenings, for obvious reasons. 
But there will always be some present, if their parents are to be able to 
attend; and if enough are likely to be present some kind of nursery provision 
should be made for them. In the case of a one-room church possibly a 
near-by home can be turned into a nursery for the evening. 


2. The Faculty, or Corps of Teachers. This is another point at which 
considerable care and selective effort should be invested. Get the very best 
leadership available, not only in your church but in your community, for 
these classes. It is surprising how outstanding leaders will gladly respond 
to invitations to teach a class in such a limited series of lessons who would 
not think of agreeing to teach throughout the year. College Professors, 
University Presidents, Deans of Theological Seminaries, or Professors 
therein, Superintendents of Schools, Principals of High Schools, Christian 


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Athletic Coaches, distinguished Surgeons and leading Physicians, Christian 
Businessmen or Labor Leaders: all these have actually led such courses in 
different churches. 


But if, for any reason, these are not available the mistake should not be 
made of giving up the educational values of the Church School of Missions. 
Take the best leadership in sight, and go ahead in faith. As one has well 
said, “We must begin with the community where we find it. The longer 
we delay this beginning the farther away we shall put the day when we 
shall have the leadership we need.” 


Having selected your teachers, give them a chance. Keep the classes 
small. One can /ecture to a group of one, two, or three hundred: but he 
cannot really teach that many. Classes of from eight, in younger ages, to 
twenty or even thirty older ones, assure the best results. 


Have the physical surroundings such as will be conducive to study, 
with warm rooms in winter, with blackboards as far as possible, good 
light, and clean rooms. Even in the case of the one-room church it is 
possible to have four classes facing the corners, where they shall have 
the least distraction from each other. Movable screens also may help 
out, as will a movable blackboard or so. 


Urge the students to have their own text books for marking and study. 


When preparing for study class work, we should set the standard just 
as high as possible, after having taken due care to grade the work to the 
particular qualifications, educationally and otherwise, of the community 
we seek to serve. 

Suggest to your teachers that they do not do much lecturing (the 
poorest of all educational methods), but endeavor to turn their classes 
into vital discussion groups. There is value for the pastor in this same 
suggestion! 

NZ Length of Series 
Experience seems to indicate that the best results are secured by run- 


ning the series for a definite period of time: as for six, eight or ten weeks, 
rather than attempt to organize for longer periods. 


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Suggestions for graded missionary materials for all ages, from childhood 
to maturity, may be had free by writing to the Department of Missionary 
Education, 740 Rush St., Chicago, [linois. 


VI. Closing Period 


Many churches prefer not to have any general session at the close of 
the class study period, believing that members of the classes should go 
home with the matters they have studied fresh in their minds. They feel 
that anything introduced after the class periods tends to dull or drive out 
of the mind these impressions. 


Other churches however use a closing period for any one of the fol- 
lowing purposes: 


Entertainment. 

Devotions. 

General Instruction. 

A religious pageant or drama. 

Readings, debates, humorous plays, music. 


Outside speakers for short addresses on subjects related to community life, the 
world wide work of the church, etc. 


Presentation of missions through stereopticon or motion pictures. 


A happy closing through a sing, in which the finest of old and modern songs and 
hymns are used. 


A chance to sum up the work of the evening and glance forward to the next Night. 


VII. Advance Information and Publicity 


This is the point at which the success or failure of your Church School 
of Missions will largely be determined. It is possible to outline a splendid 
series of courses to be offered, secure good teachers, and have all other 


details well cared for; and yet fail to get the people whom you would 
teach into these classes. 


There are a few steps which if taken wisely and energetically will aid 
in getting the enterprise off on the right foot. 


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1. It is a good thing to have a Committee on the Church School of Mis- 
sions, to counsel with the Pastor (and Director of Religious Education, 
where a church employs one), and share the responsibility for all arrange- 
ments. 


2. Appoint a Registrar who shall receive registrations and look after 
the many details connected with class rolls, etc. Some large churches have 
both a Registrar and a Dean or Director of the school. 


3. Begin making announcements about it some time in advance, from 
the pulpit and in the church service-calendar or bulletin, where the latter 
exists. 


4. Many churches get out printed announcements, giving lists of 
courses to be taught, who will teach them, the hours for the supper, the 
hours of class-study, etc. Then at the bottom of the announcement is a 
blank for signing up, checking the class for which registration is made. 
The best way to assure a large attendance is get the largest possible number 
signed up in advance. 


5. Some pastors and Directors plan a set-up supper and rally, a week 
in advance of the opening of the series. This rally supper is made just 
as attractive and happy and full of life as possible. At a given time in it 
the pastor or other chosen leader explains the whole proposition, what it 
may mean to the members, the church and the whole community: and 
cards are passed out containing information as to the courses offered, with 
blanks for signing up right there. This has proved a most successful 
method of launching a Church School of Missions. 


6. Take the entire matter seriously. If it is worth doing at all it is 
worth doing well. And a good expenditure of time and effort in getting 
the series adequately planned for and launched will clear the way for a 
much easier working schedule afterward. 


A Typical Program 


The following Program Schedule of the Church School of Missions, 
which they carried on under the general title of Church Training Night, 


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A Typical Program 


PROGRAM SCHEDULE 


7:30 to 7:45—Comedy or Educational Picture. 
7:45 to 8:10—Sing and Devotions. 

8:20 to 8:50—Group or Class Study. 

9:00 to 9:30—Lincoln Motion Pictures. 


GROUPS OR CLASSES 


Adults— 
Study, THE MOSLEM FACES THE FUTURE. 
Place, The Church Parlor. 
Leaders, Mr. Edwin B. Gelder 
Mr. George W. Colegrove 
Mr. S. G. Houghton 


Seniors—From 15 to 20 years of age. 
Study, YOUNG ISLAM ON TREK. 
Place, Brotherhood Room. 
Leaders, Mr. Sidney E. Ayres 

Mr. Carroll C. Daniels 
Mr. Frank L. Swann 


Intermediates—From 12 to 15 years of age. 
Study, LANDS OF THE MINARET. 
Place, Berean Room. 

Leaders, Miss Elizabeth Deighton 
Mrs. Hattie Cole 
Mrs. Lucy Fox 


Juniors—From 9 to 12 years of age. 
Study, FRIENDS OF THE CARAVAN TRAILS 
Place, The House Class Room. 
Leaders, Mrs. S. G. Houghton 
Mrs. S. E, Ayres 
Miss Louise Hemenway 


Primary—Up to 9 years of age. ° 
Study, MUSA, A SON OF EGYPT. 
Place, Primary Room. 

Leaders, Mrs. Thad. Purdy 
Miss Jennie Gelder 
Miss Grace Wilcox 
Mrs. Leon Ansley 


The text books are 60 cents each for Adults and 
Seniors and 50 cents each for others. 


PROGRAM DATES 


All dates are Thursday evening. The program 
will begin at 7:30 with an Educational or Comedy 
motion picture. This is particularly for the boys and 
girls. 


The closing picture each evening will be Chapin’s 
“Life of Lincoln.” His life story is told in the twenty 
reels that will be shown. Two reels will be shown 
each evening. Each two reels are complete in them- 
selves. 


Dec. 2-—-Comedy, “Baseball at Mudville.” Lincoln 
picture, “MY MOTHER.” 


. 16—Educational, “Aloha Land, Hawaii.” Lin- 
coln picture, “MY FATHER.” 


. 30—Comedy, “The General.” Lincoln picture, 
“THE CALL TO ARMS. 


. 13—Travel, “Romance of a Lemon.” Lincoln 
picture, “MY FIRST JURY.” 
Lincoln 


. 27—Comedy, “Camping.” picture 


“TENDER MEMORIES.” 


. 10--Educational, “The Grand Canyon.” Lincoln 
picture, “A PRESIDENT’S ANSWER.” 


. 24--Comedy, “A Slick Detective.” Lincoln pic- 
ture, “MY NATIVE STATE.” 


. 10—Travel, “The Apache Trail.” Lincoln pic- 
ture, “UNDER THE STARS.” 


. 24—Comedy, “Napoleon and Sally.” Lincoln 
picture, “THE SLAVE AUCTION.” - 


. 31-—Comedy, “Fancy Fooling Father.” Lincoln 
picture, “DOWN THE RIVER.” 


Get an enrollment card and fill it in and hand to 
any of the Directors or Leaders. 
Keep this folder for reference. 


Two inside pages of a small four-paged folder gotten out by the 
Penn Yan Methodist Episcopal Church 


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was carried through by the Methodist Episcopal Church at Penn Yan, 
N. Y. Note the careful planning at all points. Formerly they used the 
supper idea, but experimented this year upon omitting it; hence their 
evening hour, which would otherwise begin at six or six-thirty, does not 
begin until 7:30. 


Pastor S. G. Houghton of this church says: 


“T would not know how to run a church without the use of such a program. 

You cannot do much for folks unless you can get them out; and such evenings get 
them folks out, and then you can get the program over with them, and the 
information tothem. . . . The enrollment was 227; the average attendance, in 
spite of some very stormy weather, was 152. One of the outstanding things 
about the work was the fine cooperation of the officers and teachers. . . . I 
had an average attendance of 22 of these. Which meant that every group was 
well manned every night. 


I wish you could have seen the usually about one hundred young people every 
night, eager and interested, asking questions and preparing assigned work on 
Mohammedanism, in a way that was wonderful. The Adult group also did a 
great piece of work. It was a most successful program.” 


Which goes to show that careful planning and preparation, plus some 
good hard work, will get results. 


Part II. 
How One Church Has Done It 


One of the main values of a brief booklet like this is achieved through 
placing the experience of a pastor or pastors who have given time and effort 
to experimentation in local churches, at the disposal of their fellow pastors 
throughout the denomination. Many churches are now carrying on suc- 
cessful Church Schools of Missions. One of the most successful pieces of 
such work has been achieved by the Reverend Paul Rugg, Chillicothe, 
Ohio. In a town of 15,000, with two Methodist Episcopal churches and 
the usual number of other Protestant and Catholic churches, Mr. Rugg 
has succeeded in gripping the attention of the press and the entire com- 


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munity and the surrounding country with his Church School of Missions; 
which however, as his story indicates, he has entitled Church Training 
Night. An average attendance of three hundred on the Mid-week Service 
night, where at an ordinary mid-week service there would have been not 
more than twenty or thirty present, is significant in itself. The writer had 
the privilege of visiting Mr. Rugg’s church on one of these Church School 
of Missions evenings; and was impressed at once by the fineness of the 
spirit and fellowship in the school, the well-organized classes ably led, and 
the working atmosphere everywhere in evidence. 


So we have asked Mr. Rugg if he would kindly tell us briefly about this 
Church School of Missions work as he has been carrying it on there in the 
Walnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church at Chillicothe, Ohio. The 
following is Mr. Rugg’s story in his own words, which we illustrate with 
a few pictures to make matters clearer: 


Walnut Street, Chillicothe, Ohio 


An average attendance of three hundred over a period of ten weeks 
makes a Church School of Missions worth planning for. Then if you can 
get those who seldom or never came before into a devotional service—if 
you can get them to engage in study under competent teachers for ten 
nights—if you can bring them together for some genuinely helpful social 
and educational programs—that’s even more so . 


We called ours a Church Training Night. But the name is relatively 
immaterial. The question is, of course, what you give the people after you 
get them there. We gave them, along with certain entertainment and 
cultural features, inspiration and information calculated to develop a 
greater world vision. Next time we plan to call our program a Church 
School of Missions. The name is changed to add variety. 


I have been asked to discuss our method not because it is perfect but 
because it was thought there might be in it some things suggestive to 
others interested in doing a similar piece of business. 


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room. The quartet, which 
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J. Howard Sher, viola; Miss 
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at Walnut Street M. E. 
, Jast evening, the fifth in 
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The school catches the attention of the local press. 


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In C@eneral 


The Church School of Missions has been used with great success by the 
Presbyterian and Baptist Churches for some time now. It is only recently, 
however, that the Methodist Church has undertaken to promote what 
might be termed distinctly Church Schools of Missions. We have called 
ours Church Training Nights, Church Family Nights, Church Institutes 
and so forth. 


But, as has been indicated, the Church School of Missions is the same 
thing as our Church Training Night with the difference that the main 
emphasis throughout the entire program is laid upon the development of 
a larger world vision. 


The Walnut Street Plan 


We have had a series of these training nights in missions for the past 
two years. Previous to that the plan had never been tried here. Year 
before last we had a series of eight nights with an average attendance of 
approximately two hundred. This past year we had ten nights with an 
average attendance of three hundred. 


The program which we put on last year is given in full on page 17. 
It was built around the regular mid-week prayer service. As will be no- 
ticed we began each evening at six, with a dinner served at cost. Then 
came the Devotional Period at six forty-five. Then the study classes which 
ran from seven fifteen to eight five. And finally we closed each evening 
with some special feature—social, cultural, or entertaining in nature. 


The Dinner 


The dinner was served at cost by the Ladies Aid as a contribution to 
the work of the Church. Because so many had come the first year that 
it was difficult to care for them we limited the number who might attend 
the dinners to one hundred and forty-five. We started out to make it 
one twenty-five but had to increase. Season tickets in the form of coupon 


Church Training Night Dinners 


Walnut Street Methodist 
Episcopal Church 


alnut Street Church 3 ‘ SPRING SERIES 1927 
1c 5, Graining Wight © eg $3.00 6.00 P. M. 
CHESSE SS = |} all : 


There are only two more nights in our series of Church 


@ AUVNAATS 


These suppers are not for the general public but for all 
who join in the Training Night Program 


Training Nights. If you have not attended them, you 

cannot know what you have been missing. This Wedg 

night. Popular Praise Service at 6:45 P.M., Stud 

Special Feature at 8:05 P.M. In the Closing Perio Walnut Street 
head of the Department of Political Science at Denis 


dress us. This wil] be one of the most important feat Methodist Episcopal Church 
Plan to hear Prof. West this Wednesday evening, Ma CHILLICOTHE, OHIO 


PAUL RUGG. Minister 
Ten Wednesday Nights, February 2 to Aprii 6, 1927 


GENERAL PROGRAM 


6:00 P.M.—Good Fellowship Supper. Served by the Ladies Aid in 
the dining rooms. These suppers are not for the general public bar 
for all who join in the Training Night Program. 

5 P.M.—Popular Praise Service, with special music, and devotional 
study by the minister. 
to 8:05 P.M.—Study Classes. Open to all who enroll, No fee. 
1 Primary Picture Stories—for children 6 to 8 years of age 
Leader, Miss Sylvia Stone 
Pictures and other helps will be uscd to make the stories iner- 
esting and permanent in the child mind, 
Better Americans—for boys and girls 9 to 11 years of age 
-..Leader, Miss Marie Haynes 
Ten evenings of worship, ‘discussion, dramatizations, and ser- 
vice activities showing what boys and girls may do to make 
America better, 
Lands of the Minaret--for those 12 to 14 years of age 
2 Leader, Mrs, Pryor Harmount 


Young Islam on Trek—for those 15, 16 and 17 years of age 
eS ean --———----Leader, Miss Isabelle Enderlin 
Ten nights in Mohammedan countrics, noting the effects pro- 
duced by the impact of Western civilization and the release of 
new spiritual forces ord eee 


YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS 


The Advancing Church—for those 18 to 24 years of age come and bring your friends to the 
eas weap ates hs ~-—-Leader, Mr. John Linton, : 

Beginning with the romantic days of Asbury this course will ¢ Service 645 PM 

carry on through the various phases of our Methodist ministry ‘Classes 7:15 PM 


down to the present day 


A Methodist Church and Its Work Leader, Prof. J. L. Fortney 
Suggestive, helpful study of Methodism, its spirit, purpose, or - ~ 
ces ees etree ict a ty the chureh this Wednesday evening ‘The 
Great Characters >f the New Testament -._—_______ 
pte en eee . Leader, Mr. W. A. Yaple 
An attractive, interesting introduction to the great men and 
women of the New Testament, 
The Advancing Church _.~-_- Leader, Prof, John Smitt 
A vitally important course for adults the work that Method. 
ism is doing throughout the entire United States. 


Ve 8:05 P M 


repaired a program vou will not want to amiss 


Christian Fellowship Among the Nations ——_—--_-..-._. 
a --+------.-------~-~Leader, Miss Diathea Scholl 
A thought provoking discussion of the outstanding problems 
now confronting the nations of the world, such as war, race 
relations, industry, etc. 
8:10 to 8:50 P.M.—General Assembly and Special Feature. 


Each evening, as last year, we will close with a cultural, social or 
entertainment feature. During the course we will have among others. 
Mrs. Dan Brummitt of Chicago, The “Collegiate Mvstifiers", Mis: 
Josephine Roberts of Columbus, Prof. C. C. Crump of Ohio Wesleyar 
University, Dr. C, P. Hargraves, a social evening “A Complete Sur- 

rise", Selections from Faust and “The Trysting Place” a one act play. 
ee W. S. Bovard of Chicago, The “Wesleyan Players” for a return en- 
gagement, etc> Dates will be announced as series progresses. 

The Program, as above, for our second Church Training Nighr 
series offers us a course in every respect, at least the equal of that giver 
last year—you may find it better. , Every one is urged to enroll in une 
of the classes, to secure « text-book if possible and to interest others. 

For the convenience of all, text-books may be ordered on the en- 
rollment blank or thru the leader of the course sclected. No text-book« 
are available for courses 3, 2, 3 and 9 For the other courses books 
may be secured as follows: “Young Islam on Trek" by Basil Mathews. 

aper 60 cents; cloth $1.00; “The Advancing Church" by Edward Laird 

Mits, paper, 50 cents; cloth 75 cents; “A Methodist Church and It« 
Work" by Tippy and Kern, 80 cents; “Great Characters of The New 
Testament" by Doremus A. Hayes, 75 cents 


Please enroll me in Class No________ 
eS ee OE ee ee ee 


I desire a text book —_ 
(Insert name of text here) 
env revarine co, Emareonnt, #12927 


Publicity. Using postcards, dinner coupons, announcement dodgers. 


18 THE’ CHURCH —S ClO, OcL OC le Mele ono OmNnEs 


books, (copy is shown on page 17) were sold before the series opened. 
The cost was three dollars for the series or thirty cents per dinner. One 
hundred and forty-two season tickets were sold before the program opened. 


Though the work was hard the women entered into it with fine spirit 
because they saw the value. On the last night the prevailing sentiment 
seemed to be—“‘Well, it’s been hard work but we’re sorry it’s over. We've 
met so many people. We’ve gotten so much better acquainted. It’s been 
a great thing for the church.” 


The Devotional Period 


This period, which we called our Popular Praise Service, was held right 
at the tables immediately after dinner. This was really the mid-week 
prayer service altho we did not callit that. We had congregational singing, 
prayer, perhaps a solo, a scripture lesson, and a brief talk. The talk was 
usually given by the minister. One of the finest things about this part of 
the program was that we reached with a distinctly devotional service and - 
message many whom we would have touched in no other way. Many 
came in for this period who did not attend the dinners. 


The Study Classes 


The Study periods were fifty minutes in length. The instructors were 
all trained teachers. All of them with the exception of one, were then 
teaching in our public schools. And that one had been a teacher. We had 
as instructors, four grade school teachers, two high school professors, the 
principal of the high school, and the county superintendent of schools. 
They consented to serve quite readily when they saw we were trying to 
do a genuinely educational piece of work. 


The courses were all graded. The subjects were as indicated on the 
printed announcements to be found on page 17. For group one, two and 
three we used teaching materials prepared by the Missionary Education 
Movement. As will be noted we had two courses in “The Advancing 


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the above, there was a course in the New Testament, and in “A Methodist 
Church and Its Work” and a third in “Christian Fellowship Among the 
Nations.” All for young people and adults. As will be noted the major 
emphasis throughout was upon mission study. 


This coming year we plan to offer the following courses: 
1. Indian Playmates In Navajo Land—by Ethel M. Baader for Children 6 to 8 
years of age. 


2. The Upward Climb—a Course in Negro Achievement by Sara Estelle Haskins, 
for boys and girls 9 to 11 years of age. 


3. Young Japan—by Mabel Gardner Kirschner for those 12 to 14 years of age. 


4. The Story of Missions—by Edwin E. White for young people 15 to 17 years of 
age. 


5. New Paths for Old Purposes—by Margaret E. Burton for young people 18 to 
24 years of age. 


6. The Christ of the Indian Road—by E. Stanley Jones for Adults. 


We are working out our plans for these classes now. 


The Closing 


As I said above we closed with something in the nature of a special 
feature each evening. These were lectures, social programs, entertainments 
etc., but we had something very definitely in mind that we wanted to 
accomplish through the use of these closing periods. They were arranged 
so as to attract, inform, inspire, and altogether round out the entire 
program. 


The planning of these closing periods meant a great deal of hard work. 
We had to begin ten or twelve months ahead in order to get just the things 
we wanted, but they were worth it. We are arranging those for next 
year. now. : 


Results ° 


As to results. The most of them of course were intangible. And as re- 
gards most of them my judgment in the matter will have to be accepted. 


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I am sure these programs have greatly stimulated the entire life of the 
Church. The young people were very much interested. Many new mem- 
bers entered the church who, I am certain, came in as a result of these 
programs. World Service giving has increased by about a thousand dollars 
over the figures of two years ago. The Church is becoming interested in a 
broader and more aggressive program. The people are beginning to talk 
of a new recreational and educational building, a minister of education, 
and the possibility of entering into a larger parish plan. 


These are but surface indications. As to the deeper effects on character 
development, the broader outlook, the educational advance made, these 
will not be apparent for a number of years. And of course, some of the 
finest results can never be tabulated. But I am certain they are there. It 
could not be otherwise. 


For these and many other reasons not stated I say without qualification 
that these programs constitute some of the finest and most satisfying 
pieces of work with which I have had anything to do. Because of them 
and because of what I have seen in studying similar programs throughout 
our own and other denominations I am convinced that every church would 
derive large and valuable benefits from putting on a carefully planned 
Church School of Missions. At least it is worth the thoughtful considera- 
tion of every church. 


Pauv Ruao, Chillicothe, Ohio. 


Final Word 


We could go on and extend this little brochure indefinitely giving the 
testimonies of pastors of all types of church, from those with but one room 
and almost no equipment, and with scarcely half a hundred members, on 
up to the great Metropolitan centers, showing the practicability and value 


of the Church School of Missions. 


When Bishop H. Lester Smith was Pastor of our great Central Church 
in Detroit, Michigan, he conducted His Church School of Missions on 
Sunday afternoon and evening; having a light supper at 5:30, followed by 


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classes until seven o’clock. Then came his evening service at 7:30 P. M. 
Certain conditions of the crowded city life, and the long distances from 
the church of many of the homes, made Sunday evening the best time for 
that church to get this work done. 


Where there is a will there is a way. 


Courses Available 


The subjects for study upon which our church unites change from year 
to year. By dropping a post-card request to the Department of Missionary 
Education, 740 Rush Street, Chicago, IIl., you will receive without charge 
a pamphlet giving the complete information about courses to be studied 
this year, with lists of materials graded to all ages, from the kindergarten 
to adults. 


The Methodist Episcopal Church has no more important task than 
that of building up within her membership a world-minded, informed, and 
missionary-spirited generation of Christians, after the pattern of Him 
whom they own as Lord. What can your church do to perform its share 
of the task? What kind of training will your children, young people and 
older people receive this year? 


What shall be the Master’s verdict concerning your church’s handling 
of its sacred stewardship of life? 


Department of Missionary Education 


World Service Agencies 
Methodist Episcopal Church 
740 Rush Street 
Chicago 


